Grant Goals

Overview of AANAPISI Grant Strategies

To revise the credit ESL curriculum and to allow more advanced AAPI students to progress more rapidly through the course sequence into college programs.

To increase the numbers of AAPI students transitioning from the highest levels of ESL courses into college programs, and strengthen programs and services to support transitions.

To increase students reaching critical academic progress and momentum points, including those entering the college via the ESL program and at development levels in English and mathematics.

To work more closely to implement the K-16 Bridge program, with an emphasis on linkages to feeder high schools with the highest AAPI enrollments.

To develop stronger relationships with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, including development of an active AAPI Community Advisory Committee.

To strengthen capacity to disaggregate data for analysis, especially for subgroups of AAPI student populations, including closing critical gaps in connectivity of information systems.

To increase AAPI student transfers to four-year colleges and universities, especially in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).To increase the success and sequential continuation rates for all levels of mathematics.

To focus on improving success rates in a core of 22 non-math transfer courses which have been identified as high risk due to below average success rates.

To centralize and strengthen academic assistance and student support services for all students preparing to transfer in STEM field, including creation of a Science Learning Center.

To implement a college-wide faculty development initiative for exploration of innovative methods to improve both faculty and student engagement in teaching and learning.

To assist faculty to integrate research-based best practices into courses, with an emphasis on high risk transfer courses.

To use the outcomes data and evaluation assessments from this AANAPISI project to inform planning, needed improvements and decision-making across the College.

Measurable Outcomes

Increase in successful AAPI student transitions from ESL to College Programs;